. 2023 Jul 26;11:1165851. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1165851

Table 1.

General characteristics and standard ultrasound parameters of AN patients (n = 26), controls (n = 37), and obese adolescents (n = 28).

	Anorexics (n = 26)	Controls (n = 37)	Obeses (n = 28)
Age (years)	14.6 ± 1.9	14.0 ± 2.0	13.2 ± 1.4^#
Anthropometry
Height (cm)	159.8 ± 9.1	162.7 ± 9.6	162.9 ± 5.7
Body mass (kg)	40.7 ± 8.2^***	53.3 ± 11.4	90.4 ± 13^***^,###
BMI (kg m⁻²)	15.84 ± 2.06^***	19.98 ± 3.17	34.02 ± 4.10^***^,###
BMI z score	−1.8 ± 1.1^***	0.4 ± 1.3	4.1 ± 0.6^***^,###
BSA (m²)	1.33 ± 0.16^***	1.55 ± 0.20	2.08 ± 0.17^***^,###
Echocardiography parameters
LV septum thickness (cm)	0.72 ± 0.15	0.76 ± 0.11	0.83 ± 0.18^#
LV posterior wall thickness (cm)	0.67 ± 0.12^***	0.74 ± 0.11	0.88 ± 0.13^***^,###
LV mass (g)	79 ± 26^***	96 ± 24	128 ± 29^***^,###
LV mass^2.7 (g m^2.7)	22 ± 6^***	26 ± 5	34 ± 7^***^,###
LV end-diastolic volume (ml)	79 ± 19	90 ± 23	119 ± 27^***^,###
LV end-systolic volume (ml)	29 ± 8	33 ± 9	42 ± 11^***^,###
Ejection fraction (%)	64 ± 5	64 ± 6	64 ± 6
E wave (cm s⁻¹)	84 ± 17	82 ± 14	90 ± 11^*
A wave (cm s⁻¹)	30 ± 6^***	40 ± 8	39 ± 7^###
E/A	2.9 ± 0.9^***	2.1 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.5^***^,###
e′_lat (cm.s⁻¹)	13.0 ± 1.4	13.5 ± 1.6	13.2 ± 1.6
E/e′_lat	5.1 ± 1.0	4.7 ± 0.8	5.2 ± 0.9^*

BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; LV, left ventricular. Values are mean ± SD.

Significantly different from controls p < 0.05.

^***

Significantly different from controls p < 0.001.

^{^#}

Significantly different from anorexics p < 0.05.

^{^###}

Significantly different from anorexics p < 0.001.